Giordano Bruno Burned Alive for Heresy: He Said the Universe Was Infinite
Giordano Bruno spent seven years in an Inquisition prison before they burned him. His crime: insisting the universe was infinite, that other worlds existed beyond Earth, that stars were distant suns. The Church offered him multiple chances to recant. He refused every time. At the stake, they clamped his jaw shut with an iron spike so he couldn't speak to the crowd. He died silent. Three centuries later, they built his statue in the exact spot where they killed him.
February 17, 1600
426 years ago
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